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1. Immediately following in time or order
   "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
   - following
    
2. Nearest in space or position; immediately adjoining without intervening space
   "in the next room"; "the person sitting next to me"
   - adjacent, side by side
    
3. (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving
   "our next president"
   - future, succeeding

1. At the time or occasion immediately following
   "next the doctor examined his back"

See also: close, incoming, succeeding

Encyclopedia: Next